Gay Mykonos
The Mediterranean's gay island since the 1960s, and still the one everybody measures the others against.
Mykonos, in short
The beaches
- Elia: the island's longest beach; the far eastern end is the established gay stretch and largely nudist. Sunbeds, clear water, calmer crowd.
- Super Paradise: the party one. Beach club that rolls from afternoon sunbeds straight into evening. Loud, mixed-gay, expensive.
- Paradise: next door and often confused with it. This one is mainstream and young, not a gay beach.
Bars in Chora
- Jackie O' Town Bar: just below the Paraportiani church. Two floors and a sea view terrace. The reliable first stop.
- Porta: small, dark and busy once midnight passes. An institution.
- Lola: cocktails, low-key, good for talking rather than shouting.
- Cosma: central and relaxed, easy to fold into a bar crawl.
Late & later
- Pierro's: open since the 1970s and still the last stop of the night.
- At54: the newer dance club of the two, leaning disco, with a glossy crowd.
When to come
- XLSIOR, 20 to 25 August 2026: Europe's biggest gay festival brings roughly 30,000 people to the island. Book flights, hotel and transfers months ahead.
- June & September: the sweet spot. Warm sea, full nightlife, noticeably cheaper and calmer than August.
- May & October: lovely and quiet, but bars run shorter hours and some beach clubs aren't open yet.
Everything above is walkable or a short transfer apart. Chora is small and the beaches are 15 to 20 minutes away by road.
Make more of Mykonos with a Day Tour
Mykonos Day Cruise
Mykonos is better from the water. Rhenia's empty beaches, the south coast villas, and no queue for a sunbed.
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Private Delos Tour
The sacred island next door is an entire abandoned ancient city, and a genuinely good hangover morning.
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Private City & Island Tour
Four hours around the whole island: Ano Mera, the windmills, the working villages and the viewpoints nobody photographs.
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Mykonos Sunset Cruise
Everyone crowds Little Venice at golden hour. Five hours on a boat is the better version of the same view.
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Private Town Walking Tour
The lanes were built to confuse pirates and they still work. Worth doing early, so you can find your way back at 3am.
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Sailing days to Rhenia, the ancient island of Delos, private charters and guided tours of Chora. Part of over 150 day tours we run across Greece.
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